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正文 第75节 文 / [英]G. A. Henty

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    takeoffyourofire,andthengo

    uptobed.youleavethedoorsandsthatare

    notinuseopen,sothattheskeyescape.”

    ”godblessyou,sir”thensaid.”youhavebeenafortindeed

    tous,andihavegoodhopesthattheplagueher

    angus.”

    cyrilfirsttothedoctors,aedhadtakenplace.

    ”ioingandseehoheyare,”hencluded,

    ”andbringyouroundartonyourrounds.”

    ”youhavedoneveryhedoctorsaid.”ifpeople

    every,andobeyordersashoseyou

    havebeenightcheckthe

    spreadoftheplague;butyouhattheyarequitethe

    exception.”

    this,indeed,provedtobethecase.innyinstahepeople

    ractedhgriefahattheyranaboutthehouse

    likedpersons,gandsg,runninginandoutofthe

    sickchaer,orsittingthereghelplessly,andrefusingto

    leavethebodyuntilittothedeadcart.buth

    suchcasescyrilhadnothingtodo,asthedoctor

    tothehouseshathisinstrusarried

    out.

    tohisgreatsatisfa,cyrilfoundthattheprecautionstakenin

    thefirstoing,he

    inquiredatthedoor,andreceivedtheanswer,”allarewell.”

    inaugusttheplaguegreatlyincreasedinviolehedeathsrising

    totenthousandahepopulation.

    itseedthatallanyoutoftheir

    nds.thequaolongerdroveaflourishingtradeintheir

    pretendednostru;theseterlydiscredited,foothing

    seedoftheslightestavail.soe,and

    affectedtodefyfate.thetaveserous

    shoutsandsoockthedislcriesfrohehousesh

    theredcrossonthedoor.robberieshe

    dahepest,robbersbrokeintothehouseshe

    inteshadperishedbytheplague,andrifledtheftheir

    valuables.thenursespluhedying.allnaturalaffe

    seedatanend.

    thosestrieedbyalltheirrelatives,a

    alooperish.

    bandsofrecklessyouhroughthestreetssinging,

    and,dressingupinsks,perfordthedanceofdeath.thedead

    anytobecarriedasatnighttothegreatpits

    preparedforthebutthedisltohebell,andthecriesof

    ”bringoutyourdead”souhestreetsallday.itwasno

    longerpossibletoetis

    plaguestritheirbedsandrunthroughthe

    streetsuntiltheydroppeddead.onesu,intheheightofhis

    deliriusprangintotheriver,and,aftersngaboutforso

    ti,retuedtotheshore,rvellouslyaladybythe

    shock.

    cyrilr.

    etseveralpeoplegatheredthere,butthe

    nuerbecafeeheihat

    hethoughtthatittostayaway,exposedas

    her.his

    sre.

    ”hehandsofgod,”hesaid.”thestreetsarefullof

    infeyselffrequentlygotoprayyfriends

    intheearlieststagesofthelady.thereisnolongeranyusein

    precautions.allgoondoingourdutyuntilalled

    aongthefeay

    beoneorreitten,thoughunnsciousyetthat

    theirsuonshase.”

    angotherscyrilr.ands.harvey,whowere,

    theoldhifroheuntry,butayingintownon

    ailybusiness.

    ”ihavetriedtopersuadetheoretuhoandtostaythereuntil

    theplagueain.they

    are,likeself,indepes,aeasilytobetuedfrobr >

    aresolutiontheyhavetaken.”

    cyriluldeasilyuandthat.harveylyhe,

    frohedes,hadpiself

    thataroundheadsoldiereface,eyesdeeply

    sunkinhishead,highuth,andasquarejaw.he

    ust,asayoung

    n,havebeenverypoeway,

    thatstruckcyrilasbeingtheresultoflongeffort,foracertain

    restlessaoventoftheeye,

    toldofanaturallyiulsiveandfierydispositioantly

    usedscripturaltextsintheurseofhisspeech.hiswifewas

    gentleandquiet,butitthatthererong

    syathybet,aingthenceor

    tfarbetterthahoughtheshoulddoon

    theirfirstintrodu.this,partlyduetothefact

    that.harveyfrequeeredintoion,and

    appearedtoihielfinhiheoo,atypethatwas

    altogetheehisfather,andhisfathers

    panions,hehadheardnothinggoodofthepuritans,butthe

    evidenessofthisnsnatureeextent,in

    acehhisoion,athat,widelyashe

    ghtdifferfroinallpointsofpolitics,heuldnotbut

    respecthitheeveningshe

    iouedontheplague,buttheytalkedofother

    passis,ofthetrialsoftheirfriends,andofthelahat

    ists.

    ”r.harvey

    abruptlyaskedidstofa

    generalion.

    cyriltleheuedquestion.

    ”ithinkallpersecutionsfornscesakearewrong,”hesaid,

    afterantspause,”andgenerallyreiluponthepersecutors.

    spainlosthollandooherpersecutionofthepeople.france

    lostgreatnuersofherbestcitizensbyherlathe

    protestants.iagreehyouthhly,thatthepersecutionofthe

    nonnforstsatpresentisagrievouserror,andacruelinjustice;

    but,atthesati,ifyouysayingso,itisthe

    naturalnsequenists,when

    theyinistersofthey

    tutorinfran,

    hisliving,likethousandsofothernisters,becausehe

    g

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